
2016 No. 273
Public Procurement, England And Wales
Public Procurement, Northern Ireland
The Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 (revoked)
Made 11th March 2016
Laid before Parliament 17th March 2016
Coming into force 18th April 2016
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PART 1 General
Citation, commencement and extent
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Interpretation
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Meaning of  “concession contract”
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Meaning of  “contracting authorities”
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Meaning of  “utilities”
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Meaning of  “concession notice”
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PART 2 Scope and principles
CHAPTER 1
Concession contracts to which these Regulations apply
Subject-matter and scope of these Regulations
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Principle of equal treatment, non-discrimination and transparency
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Threshold amounts and methods for calculating the estimated value of concession contracts
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Review and amendment of the threshold in regulation 9(1)
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CHAPTER 2
Exclusions
General exclusions
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Specific exclusions in the field of electronic communications
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Specific exclusions in the field of water
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Concession contracts awarded to an affiliated undertaking
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Concession contracts awarded to a joint venture or to a utility forming part of a joint venture
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Notification of information by utilities
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Exclusion of activities which are directly exposed to competition
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Concession contracts between entities within the public sector
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CHAPTER 3
General Provisions
Duration of the concession contract
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Social and other specific services
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Mixed contracts
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Mixed procurement contracts involving defence or security aspects
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Contracts covering both activities listed in Schedule 2 and other activities
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Contracts covering both activities listed in Schedule 2 and activities involving defence or security aspects.
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CHAPTER 4
Specific Situations
Reserved concession contracts
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Research and development services
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CHAPTER 5
Principles
Economic operators
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Nomenclatures
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Confidentiality
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Rules applicable to communication
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PART 3 Rules on the award of concession contracts
CHAPTER 1
General principles
Design of the award procedure
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Concession notices
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Concession award notices
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Form and manner of publication of notices
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Electronic availability of concession documents
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Combating corruption and preventing conflicts of interest
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CHAPTER 2
Procedural guarantees
Technical and functional requirements
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Procedural guarantees
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Selection of and qualitative assessment of candidates
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Time limits for receipt of applications and tenders for the concession contract
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Informing candidates and tenderers
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Award criteria
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PART 4 Rules on the performance of concession contracts
Subcontracting
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Modification of concession contracts during their term
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Termination of concession contracts
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Reporting requirements
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PART 5 Remedies
CHAPTER 1
Facilitation of remedies
Scope of Chapter 1
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Notices of decisions to award a concession contract
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Standstill period
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CHAPTER 2
Applications to the court
Interpretation of Chapter 2
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Duty owed to economic operators from  the United Kingdom and Gibraltar 
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Duty owed to economic operators from  countries with whom the EU has an international agreement, other than the GPA 
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Duty owed to economic operators from GPA parties
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Duty owed to economic operators from countries with whom the United Kingdom has an international agreement, other than the GPA
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Enforcement of duties through the Court
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General time limits for starting proceedings
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Special time limits for seeking a declaration of ineffectiveness
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Starting proceedings
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Concession contract-making suspended by challenge to award decision
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Interim orders
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Remedies where the concession contract has not been entered into
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Remedies where the concession contract has been entered into
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Grounds for ineffectiveness
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General interest grounds for not making a declaration of ineffectiveness
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The consequences of ineffectiveness
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Penalties in addition to, or instead of, ineffectiveness
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Injunctions against the Crown
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PART 5A Processing of invoices submitted electronically
Contractual provisions relating to the processing of electronic invoices
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Application of regulation 64A to utilities and sub-central contracting authorities
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PART 6 Miscellaneous
General provisions about regulations under these Regulations
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Review of these Regulations
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General transitional provision
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SCHEDULE 1
ACTIVITIES CONSTITUTING WORKS

Regulation 2(1)

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SCHEDULE 1A
PARTIES TO THE GPA
Regulation 2(1)

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SCHEDULE 2
ACTIVITIES EXERCISED BY UTILITIES

Regulation 4
Gas and heat
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Electricity
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Transport services
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Ports and airports
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Postal services
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Extraction of oil and gas and exploration for, or extraction of, coal or other solid fuels
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SCHEDULE 3
SOCIAL AND OTHER SPECIFIC SERVICES

Regulation 19

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SCHEDULE 4
INTERNATIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
Regulation 51B

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